NPR revisited the story of the tent city in Sacramento yesterday. Here is good quote from the story:
"When we moved out, we moved over to a private area two fields over. They wanted us off of there too. Just like shuttling cattle, that's all it is," said Grice, a carpenter by trade, who wears a T-shirt that reads, "Where am I supposed to live?" "We're supposed to be the eyesore, but actually we're citizens and we're human beings. We're supposed to have rights like everybody else; it don't matter what we have in our pockets."We warned the governator back in March of the problems associated with dismantling a tent city, but no one listened. Now, they were kicked out of their temporary location, and are rallying for a new campground. The Bee covered the story here, and their focus was that no one has any idea what to do. It seems that the Mayor, some service providers, and the police favor a legal campground, but neighbors and the City Manager do not like the idea. There is no one strategy that is going to work for all 250-400 people, but having a "Safe ground" in one location where help can be offered is attractive. My vote is to use the state capital as the safe ground. Since there is not much legislation or leadership coming out of that massive building, they could at least provide some useful service to the people of California.
Brian
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